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Are there any indie-rock music fans around in here? Lately I've been exposed to Shearwater's latest release Animal Joy and I'd like to get guiding for another album of theirs which is more or less filled with the same drive and good beat as the latter's.. I've tried their Dissolving Room but didn't like it that much, it was much more folkish and kinda boring to my ears..

Correct, I know is some thing about related with the nature of the pokemon. But it can make a difference on the stats?

Yes and no.

EVs also known as Effort Values, are a hidden value, that is implemented into each stat for every Pokemon. The maximum number of EVs you can have for a stat to be raised is 252. 252 EVs give exactly 63 extra points for a stat it's implemented to. In order to gain EVs, you have to EV Train, which is really easy to do. The stats that can be EV Trained are: HP, Attack, Defense, Special Attack, Special Defense, or Speed. But before EV Training, you have to determine and plan your EVs. Be sure of want stat you want to be raised before EV Training, make sure the stat that's raised is appropriate and usuable/effective with the Pokemon you plan to use.

Here is how you EV Train for the Defense Stat. (This info I am giving only applies to Pokemon Black, Black 2, White, and White 2.)

Specific Pokemon that have a certain high number for a stat can grant the Pokemon that you're using EVs for that certain stat after battling it.

For Example: Roggenrola have a high defense stat. If you defeat one in battle, you will gain 1 Defense EV. The stat will go up by 1 each time you gain 4 EVs. If you battle 252 Roggenrola, then you will have gained 252 EVs and EV trained the Defense stat for the Pokemon you were battling with. Here is how it works...

Let's say your Defense stat is 200, if you gain 4 EVs, it will raise to 201.

All of these 4 EVs add up to a total of 252 EVs, for your Defense stat. Once this is done, you will have fully EV trained the Defense stat. The math for this is: 4 x 63 = 252 This would basically be done in about an hour or 2. To speed this up, it is advised to use the specified Vitamin for the stat 10 times in order to gain 100 EVs and you'd only have to do 152 battles. In this case, for Defense, the Vitamin would be Iron. You can purchase it for 9800 PokeDollars, at the Department store of the Unova Region. (Located on Route 9.) Vitamins (or Iron in this case) give you 10 EVs. It can only be used up until 100 EVs. It saves time than having to do 252 battles.

However, and this is the most important part: EVs cannot be used on every stat. It has a total of 508 in all. Many people use the occasional EV spread of: 252 / 252 / 4 Which will be spread among 3 desired stats. That is why you must be wise and careful with EV Training. You cannot have a full 252 EV number for every stat, only for 2. After you have a complete 508, your EVs cannot go any higher. That goes for any stat. Custom EVs are REALLY complicated and hard to get through, so don't worry about that.

On another note, this can be done even faster with the stat's specified power item! In this case, the Power Belt. The Power Belt will speed up EV training immensely. If you defeat a Roggenrola with your Pokemon holding a Power Belt, you will not only gain 1 Defense EV, but the Power Belt grants 4 Defense EVs whenever experience is gained in battle. So, this means, at the end of the battle, you will gain 5 Defense EVs due to the Power Belt's support. This does not apply for level 100 Pokemon. Level 100 Pokemon, will only gain 1 Defense EV from defeating a Roggenrola. These effects are doubled if your Pokemon has Pokerus. If you have Pokerus and defeat a Roggenrola, while you're holding the Power Belt, you will gain 10 Defense EVs. (In Generation V) the effects of EV training with Pokerus will remain. Even after the Pokerus virus is lifted.

After using 10 Iron, if you're holding the Power Belt (discounting Pokerus), all you'll have to do is 30 Battles against Roggenrola and you'll be done EV Training for the Defense Stat. After 30 battles you'll have 250 EVs! But remember, we're trying to get 252 EVs. So you'll have to unequip the Power Belt, and just do 2 more battles.

And finally, Natures do not aid in EV Training. Natures give your Pokemon an additional 10% increase and decrease for 2 different stats. After EV Training with your desired nature to improve the stat you'd like to be the highest, the Nature will allow that to go even further as you level up. So if you have a Pokemon with a helpful nature towards a stat, and after you EV Trained the stat that your nature increases, that specific stat, will be very high.

Since we're on the topic of natures, I'll just list the Defense natures:

Bold Nature - Many Special Attacking Defensive Pokemon use this nature, as it helps the Defense stat, and hinders the Attack stat.
Relaxed Nature - This is used with really slow Physically defensive Pokemon or for Trick Room Teams. It hinders the Speed stat and helps the Defense stat. (Trick Room is a Psychic-Type Status move that allows slower Pokemon to move first. Very handy to use and fun in Double Battling. It can be also be used with weather to make things like Rain, Trick Room Teams.)
Impish Nature - Many Physical Attacking Defensive Pokemon use this nature, as it helps the Defense stat, and hinders the Special Attack stat.
Lax Nature - This nature is almost never preferred as it hinders/decreases by 10% your Special Defense stat, which could be troubling in a lot of cases!

NOTE: It's not strictly in this format, but as you get to Level 100, it begins to take effect and your stats go higher.

EVs also known as Effort Values, are a hidden value, that is implemented into each stat for every Pokemon. The maximum number of EVs you can have for a stat to be raised is 252. 252 EVs give exactly 63 extra points for a stat it's implemented to. In order to gain EVs, you have to EV Train, which is really easy to do. The stats that can be EV Trained are: HP, Attack, Defense, Special Attack, Special Defense, or Speed. But before EV Training, you have to determine and plan your EVs. Be sure of want stat you want to be raised before EV Training, make sure the stat that's raised is appropriate and usuable/effective with the Pokemon you plan to use.

Here is how you EV Train for the Defense Stat. (This info I am giving only applies to Pokemon Black, Black 2, White, and White 2.)

Specific Pokemon that have a certain high number for a stat can grant the Pokemon that you're using EVs for that certain stat after battling it.

For Example: Roggenrola have a high defense stat. If you defeat one in battle, you will gain 1 Defense EV. The stat will go up by 1 each time you gain 4 EVs. If you battle 252 Roggenrola, then you will have gained 252 EVs and EV trained the Defense stat for the Pokemon you were battling with. Here is how it works...

Let's say your Defense stat is 200, if you gain 4 EVs, it will raise to 201.

All of these 4 EVs add up to a total of 252 EVs, for your Defense stat. Once this is done, you will have fully EV trained the Defense stat. The math for this is: 4 x 63 = 252 This would basically be done in about an hour or 2. To speed this up, it is advised to use the specified Vitamin for the stat 10 times in order to gain 100 EVs and you'd only have to do 152 battles. In this case, for Defense, the Vitamin would be Iron. You can purchase it for 9800 PokeDollars, at the Department store of the Unova Region. (Located on Route 9.) Vitamins (or Iron in this case) give you 10 EVs. It can only be used up until 100 EVs. It saves time than having to do 252 battles.

However, and this is the most important part: EVs cannot be used on every stat. It has a total of 508 in all. Many people use the occasional EV spread of: 252 / 252 / 4 Which will be spread among 3 desired stats. That is why you must be wise and careful with EV Training. You cannot have a full 252 EV number for every stat, only for 2. After you have a complete 508, your EVs cannot go any higher. That goes for any stat. Custom EVs are REALLY complicated and hard to get through, so don't worry about that.

On another note, this can be done even faster with the stat's specified power item! In this case, the Power Belt. The Power Belt will speed up EV training immensely. If you defeat a Roggenrola with your Pokemon holding a Power Belt, you will not only gain 1 Defense EV, but the Power Belt grants 4 Defense EVs whenever experience is gained in battle. So, this means, at the end of the battle, you will gain 5 Defense EVs due to the Power Belt's support. This does not apply for level 100 Pokemon. Level 100 Pokemon, will only gain 1 Defense EV from defeating a Roggenrola. These effects are doubled if your Pokemon has Pokerus. If you have Pokerus and defeat a Roggenrola, while you're holding the Power Belt, you will gain 10 Defense EVs. (In Generation V) the effects of EV training with Pokerus will remain. Even after the Pokerus virus is lifted.

After using 10 Iron, if you're holding the Power Belt (discounting Pokerus), all you'll have to do is 30 Battles against Roggenrola and you'll be done EV Training for the Defense Stat. After 30 battles you'll have 250 EVs! But remember, we're trying to get 252 EVs. So you'll have to unequip the Power Belt, and just do 2 more battles.

And finally, Natures do not aid in EV Training. Natures give your Pokemon an additional 10% increase and decrease for 2 different stats. After EV Training with your desired nature to improve the stat you'd like to be the highest, the Nature will allow that to go even further as you level up. So if you have a Pokemon with a helpful nature towards a stat, and after you EV Trained the stat that your nature increases, that specific stat, will be very high.

Since we're on the topic of natures, I'll just list the Defense natures:

Bold Nature - Many Special Attacking Defensive Pokemon use this nature, as it helps the Defense stat, and hinders the Attack stat.
Relaxed Nature - This is used with really slow Physically defensive Pokemon or for Trick Room Teams. It hinders the Speed stat and helps the Defense stat. (Trick Room is a Psychic-Type Status move that allows slower Pokemon to move first. Very handy to use and fun in Double Battling. It can be also be used with weather to make things like Rain, Trick Room Teams.)
Impish Nature - Many Physical Attacking Defensive Pokemon use this nature, as it helps the Defense stat, and hinders the Special Attack stat.
Lax Nature - This nature is almost never preferred as it hinders/decreases by 10% your Special Defense stat, which could be troubling in a lot of cases!

NOTE: It's strictly in this format, but as you get to Level 100, it begins to take effect and your stats go higher.

Due to Youtube's stupid update I got signed out of my account which has all my favorites on etc... and now when I try and sign back in it asks for email and password rather than username and password. Meaning I can't get back on my old account and when I try signing in with my email address it just starts up a new account. Is there any way I can log back into my old account?

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Due to Youtube's stupid update I got signed out of my account which has all my favorites on etc... and now when I try and sign back in it asks for email and password rather than username and password. Meaning I can't get back on my old account and when I try signing in with my email address it just starts up a new account. Is there any way I can log back into my old account?

If you try to log into youtube with your old account name it will ask you to use your email and then provide it e.g. please log in with lordfighting@hotmail.com etc.

Due to Youtube's stupid update I got signed out of my account which has all my favorites on etc... and now when I try and sign back in it asks for email and password rather than username and password. Meaning I can't get back on my old account and when I try signing in with my email address it just starts up a new account. Is there any way I can log back into my old account?

Apparently you can't just log in using the username/password combination per usual. They've made it so you have to have a google account linked to your youtube account, not any email will do.

I need some new earbuds for music. I'd rather they were under $60, and that they have good bass, and are somewhat noise-isolating. The ones I have right now are these ones but they have almost no bass whatsoever and are starting to fall apart. I want something similar, not too big though.

I really really love the sound quality of the new Apple earbuds but they kinda hurt my ears, aren't noise canceling, and I don't want white ones.